Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of San Mateo Fire Department
San Mateo, CA · San Mateo County. City of San Mateo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 90 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 90
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of San Mateo Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +143%
- vs. California average
- 6
- stations
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
City of San Mateo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving San Mateo, CA (San Mateo County), with 6 stations and 90 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,153 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,153 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #83 of 721
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in San Mateo County
City of San Mateo Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
90 Top 5% higher than 95% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 41090 · City of San Mateo Fire Department, CA 90 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 90
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,153
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Old Lycoming Town…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Old Lycoming Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CA department.
- City of San Mateo (this dept) 90
- High Gap Fire Company, PA 90
- Near Old Lycoming Town…, PA 90
- Near Congers, NY 90
- Near Fire Department M…, PA 90
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- San Mateo, CA
- County
- San Mateo County
- FDID
- 41090
Staffing vs the California average
How City of San Mateo Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #83 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,153 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
San Mateo County HIFLD mix around City of San Mateo Fire Department
San Mateo County: 29 departments, 826 personnel (3 volunteer / 14 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 93% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 90 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Old Lycoming Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 90 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.